I don't think it's time to panic just yet! I think if running live there is a minor bug that sets the share to /mnt/home, which doesn't yet exist. This can be easily rectified with samba simple management. Also, samba needs to be restarted after changing the hostname, this is what may have caused your problem.

The 3.8.2 kernel has the same problem with the cifs module as appeared in one of BarryK's bleeding edge releases. - it cannot mount Samba-TNG shares unless the "sec=ntlm" option is used.

Unfortunately, there were several people who claimed that they could not mount their Windows shares either, and no variation of the above option helped.

Hmmm.. I just tried with network_roxapp to mount a vista share and a win7 share and it works fine, however, password protection seems it must be enabled, but this is true of slacko-5.5 as well, which would imply userspace rather than the kernel, in my case anyway. (neither, see below)

No. This appears to be kernel-related. The users who reported a problem claimed that they could successfully connect with earlier kernels. However, other Puppy regulars had no problems with their Windows shares.

Some Googling reveals that there are issues with k3.8 and the cifs module. But "sec=ntlm" is the recommended solution.

Why this doesn't work for everyone is a mystery. It probably has something to do with how authentication is handled on the Windows host machine.

I had thought that SAMBA4 had a problem, initially. But, after further review, there is NO problem with SAMBA4 or its operations. The problem
as i have already shared is probably ENVIRONMENTAL (the LAN).

My LAN currently has a AP with built-in WiFi server built in. The WiFi feature is turned off, but DNSMASQ is part of its Linux fabrric.

Thus, when PCs enter the LAN, my 2 PhatSlacko have somehow found their way and became registered at the "Master" (See smbclient below)

Hope this phenomenon is understood. It seems a little odd that the SAMBA V4 is registering while the V3 of FATDOG is not getting same results.

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When using desksetup templates to save changes in which icons and in which position they appear, the changes on last in the current session. When I reboot my USB, the icons have reverted to their original positions.

I can run the desksetup app everytime I reboot, but that's not very efficient.

When I first booted up phatslacko it mounted my sd card and even allowed me to reformat it. However, when I rebooted and created a save file, it was gone and I have not found a way to make it reappear. This is the first puppy that recognized this slot at all.

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